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Gentoo: GLSA 200908-06 Normal: CDF User-Assisted Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 18, 2009
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202310-09 concerning vulnerabilities in CDF file processing could trigger code execution via buffer overflows.
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in CDF might result in the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200908-06 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: CDF: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: August 18, 2009 Bugs: #278679 ID: 200908-06

Synopsis ======= Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in CDF might result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= CDF is a library for the Common Data Format which is a self-describing data format for the storage and manipulation of scalar and multidimensional data. It is developed by the NASA.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sci-libs/cdf < 3.3.0 >= 3.3.0
========== Leon Juranic reported multiple heap-based buffer overflows ...

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